The approach Diversity was initially developed and used in the business context. Today, we notice the entry of Diversity into the political sphere. The book “Diversity Management. European Contributions to a Current Debate” collects experiences related to resource management and to job insertion. It presents 9 different approaches of how the idea of Diversity, to […]
Hungary was awarded a Certificate for Diversity by the Dutch civil organization Unity is Strength in recognition of the country’s achievements in the social integration of the Roma minority. State Secretary Edit Rauh who is in charge of equal opportunities in the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor, received the award on behalf of the […]
The upcoming European annual thematic conference on anti-discrimination will take place in Belfast on the 5-6 June 2008. The conference, organised by the European Commission, will be dedicated to the theme of communication and awareness-raising in the anti-discrimination and equality field. It will bring together current national projects on awareness-raising and successful projects from the […]
A recent survey “One Step Ahead of 2011: A New Horizon for Working Women” conducted by Accenture provides an overview of how tomorrow’s workforce feels about the changes to business that will accompany the increasing levelling of economic power globally. 4,100 professionals (both gender were equally represented) from medium to large organizations in 17 countries […]
A recent research published by The Economic Journal titled “The Price of Reconciliation: Part-Time Work, Families and Women’s Satisfaction” shows again how women in business are forced to waste their talents to find jobs that allow them to balance their professional and family life. According to the authors of the research a third of female […]
StrangerFestival is a youth video project developed by communities in 18 EU Member States. It enables 1.000.000 young people to express themselves and create a platform where they can link their experience to the wider European context. StrangerFestival is an initiative of the European Cultural Foundation and takes place in the European Year of Intercultural […]
The effective navigation of work and live is becoming increasingly important. To better understand how and why companies take initiatives to tackle the challenge of Work/Life “European Diversity Research & Consulting” conducted the WLPS research project. A total of 115 organisations from 15 countries across Europe and 5 different sectors took part in the online […]
HP published a list with all important suppliers and will establish binding criteria regarding Diversity aspects for its partners around the globe. Thus the company has conducted 400 audits with the most important suppliers worldwide. In the EMEA region HP works closely with the Copenhagen Centre for Corporate Responsibility and the Copenhagen Business School in […]
On April 17, 2008 a British court ruling decided on the behalf a Muslim road worker who was subject to a 10-month campaign of racial harassment at his former work place at Amey Mouchel’s Motorway in Bescot, Walsall (UK). His three colleagues were each sentenced for three years of prison. According to the judge their […]
In March the German Institute for labour market research (IAB) published an international report on the qualification standards of immigrants. The report compared the qualification standards of immigrants in countries like Germany, USA, Canada, Australia or United Kingdom. According to the results of the report traditional immigration countries such as Canada (59%), New Zealand (46%) […]
